What's the best surprise you could hope for?

Surprise! I read your test results wrong. You’re fine.

Love,
Your gastroenterologist

They turned out to be a job agent who had full time jobs for everyone in my family who wants one.

We currently have one unemployed for over a year and two part-time workers getting minimum wage, plus a student who wants a part-time/summer job, or more people buying her art work..

A trip around the world.

Full funding for my upcoming schooling and the move I have to make to get there.

@marie, you must live in a nice neighborhood.

@6rant6 What’s that supposed to mean?

No bad surprises.

@marie, just saying there is no one in my house/hood who could give away a trip around the world. More power to you.

“We decided that we will turn your volunteer job (that you love so much) into a paid one thus lifting you out of welfare!”

@6rant6 Not at my hood either, is this supposed to be a realistic hypothetical surprise?

The best surprise? A lawyer telling me that some long forgotten family member had left me millions. I would make an outstanding rich person.

Yes, @marie, that’s why I wrote all that stuff that explained it. I was trying to avoid the inevitable “zombie apocalypse” and “penises made of pancakes” answers.

The winning lottery ticket for this weeks drawing.

A lovely surprise would be a new laptop computer or a really really great tablet computer. Because I want one. Even better would be enough money to pay off my outstanding bills. But I really want the new computer.

@eiram, That’s what I’m talking about!

I must live near @eiram then. Ah… something more realistic? That someone at work has done all the end-of-the year paperwork for me, or that some papers due have been waived. That would be the most realistic best surprise possible.

@6rant6 I would say that there’s a bit of a difference between ‘zombie apocalypse’ and a trip around the world. A trip around the world can be done, I don’t know about a zombie apocalypse.. No one I know of have experienced that.

@eiram Hey if it’s real to you, that’s what counts. Don’t mind me.

Surprise. We can now do spine transplants; here’s one belonging to a 15 year old athlete…strong, springy, and straight.

Sex.

Rip proof socks.

No more pain

Fantasy: a check that guarantees my life will be comfortable regardless of what happens in the future, til the end of my days.

Realistically: my boss drastically reducing the amount of stress I’m supposed to have over the next few weeks. That’ll do it for me.

A “good” check for a million dollars.

I could conceivably hope for my friend to pay me the couple grand he owes me.

‘68 Camaro in the driveway or a Strat and Marshal Stack in the basement.

The trials I’ve been going through would be over.

Santa Claus is not only real, but he’s my father….....bawls his out like a genuinely upset child of 4 :¬(

@ucme “bawls his out” – that just says it all.

Well it doesn’t, eyes is clearly conspicuous by it’s notable absence….bugger me sideways.

@ucme Still. Think I’m going to steal it. Fits every occasion.

Bawls his out!

“Every occasion” surely not a child’s nativity play!

@ucme give me half a chance…

A gigantic payraise at work, including any one of my bosses to treat me to a lunch or dinner.

Related to my previous answer- my in-laws gave me 6 lottery tickets today, as a belated birthday gift. :D They rock.

A new, well-paid full-time job.